Re: [BackupPC-users] Yum to Tar

2010-10-18 Thread Timothy Omer
On 17 October 2010 20:38, B. Alexander wrote: > Timothy, > > Its really fairly simple to set up an rpm build environment. First, you > need a .rpmmacros that will live in your home directory. Say, for example, > your home directory is in /home/tomer, your .rpmmacros file would look like: > > %_to

Re: [BackupPC-users] Yum to Tar

2010-10-17 Thread B. Alexander
Timothy, Its really fairly simple to set up an rpm build environment. First, you need a .rpmmacros that will live in your home directory. Say, for example, your home directory is in /home/tomer, your .rpmmacros file would look like: %_topdir /home/tomer/rpm %_tmppath /var/tmp #%debug_package %{ni

Re: [BackupPC-users] Yum to Tar

2010-10-16 Thread Timothy Omer
Hey Ted, I have only one hosted server that backups a few remote clients, when I more to the Tar install I do not wish to lose any of my current backups as they take awhile to run. Sorry but your comments confused me a little, when you say "same" server do you mean a server backing it self up? Wh

Re: [BackupPC-users] Yum to Tar

2010-10-16 Thread Ted Hilts
Timothy Omer wrote: > Hi Alexander, > > No problem and thanks for your comments. > > Could anyone on the BackupPC team confirm if what I wish to do is ok > and what files I should be aware of to be restored? > > many thanks >

Re: [BackupPC-users] Yum to Tar

2010-10-16 Thread Timothy Omer
Hi Alexander, No problem and thanks for your comments. Could anyone on the BackupPC team confirm if what I wish to do is ok and what files I should be aware of to be restored? many thanks -- Download new Adobe(R) Flash(R

Re: [BackupPC-users] Yum to Tar

2010-10-15 Thread B. Alexander
I build a native package for a couple of reasons: - So that the package data base stays up to date, and you don't accidentally install a conflicting package down the road that might break ; - so that the package manager tells me before I try to build if I am missing anything. Buildin

Re: [BackupPC-users] Yum to Tar

2010-10-15 Thread Timothy Omer
Hi Alexander, Yes I'm sure that's possible, but I don't really need to go to the hassle of building my own RPM for one computer and lack the knowledge \ don't have the confidence to build one and offer it to others. Would be more happy doing just the Tar install, but need to be sure I know what im

Re: [BackupPC-users] Yum to Tar

2010-10-15 Thread B. Alexander
Well, it should be fairly easy to roll an rpm for the new version, especially if you can modify the spec file from 3.1.0... Is this not an option? --b On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Timothy Omer wrote: > CentOS release 5.4 (Final) > BackupPC 3.1.0 via Yum > > Hey all, > > I installed BackupP

[BackupPC-users] Yum to Tar

2010-10-15 Thread Timothy Omer
CentOS release 5.4 (Final) BackupPC 3.1.0 via Yum Hey all, I installed BackupPC via Yum on my CentOS box, I would like to move to the most recent version and therefore to the tar install. Looking over the docs I see warnings about mixing Yum and Tar. What is the best method for me to upgrade, co